Corgi's

Diego (Dad)   Cora (Mom)   Puppies with Mom

******** NEWS FLASH ************ Cora is finely in her 2nd cycle 10/9/06 Cora Mae & Diego were bred and she is due on Dec. 25, 2006 with her first litter. I will keep an updated post as to her progress and when the pups are born with photo's. Cora is on puppy food and goat milk and had her shot and was wormed, including tape worms, back in Aug. of 2006. ******* Cora is looking very pregnant. So pregnant, that, I got worried. At 3 weeks to go a trip to the vet was in order to see if we could count the pups. This usually doesn't give an absolute count but you can get a good idea. I usually don't do it. After the 45th day of breeding the pups skulls and skeletons will show up on an X-ray. The X-ray was on the 48th day. We were able to count 8. Basically for the ones that can be counted, expect 1- 3 more. Now, the more pups the smaller they will be. The less amount of pups, the bigger they will be.

She is doing very well and loving the attention she's getting, never mind the food. She's cut back on the amount of food, normal at this point.

******* THE PUPPIES ARE HERE ********
On Dec. 19, 2006, from 12 noon to 6:30 pm. Cora Mae delivered 11 pups. Although 1 was stillborn, the other 10 are fine, as is mom. There are 4 males, 3 Tri's and one Sable. 6 females, 5 Tri's and 1 Sable. All are doing great and growing too fast to suit me. They will be ready for new homes the week of Feb. 19th, 2007.

1/24/07 The pups are now 5 weeks old and are being house trained. They have been wormed 3 times now with Nemex 2. They are getting goat milk as well as Cora. She only nurses one time a day but won't let any of the other dogs near the house. What a good mom.

I'm taking deposits but the pups have to stay with me till the end of Feb. so I can do some basic obedience training with them. The Sable male is the pick of the litter, a superb pup. The breeding quality pups are $500 and the pet quality are $300. A $75 deposit will hold the pup and payments can be made. The puppy can't leave my property till paid in full.

The reason for the Corgi's!!!!!!!!!

As I decided to get into the smaller breeds of goats I noticed my Border Collies were too fast. We needed a smaller breed of herding dog to work the goats. While in college most of my instructors had Welsh Corgi's. They are like little bears with a feisty attitude. I'm a large dog person at heart so getting a pup of the smaller kind was something new to me. Man, was I ever impressed.

Diego was a present for our daughter. I went to see his litter and fell for him in a minute. Then I had to bring Rachel to see the litter and prayed she would pick him, good thing for me she did. He is a source of great laughter. It amazes me still that he can get the better of our Great Pyrenees, Kanga.

Last fall my husband asked when I was going to get Diego a girlfriend. Diego was at the front door(outside of the door) and barked in response to my husband. Again, laughter followed. I told him if he asked me again he was going to plant the seed in my brain, so if he didn't want me to get one he better stop now. He didn't. After a 2 month search I found my Cora Mae, a Sable. She is one of 9 in her litter. I was a little WOWED over that. She was the smallest but her personality was feisty, just what Diego needed. I paid for her and had to wait another 3 weeks to bring her home. I kept thinking, "If only Diego knew what was in store for him." The day finely came and Rachel and I went to get Cora. Being that she was only 7 weeks old I was hoping she wouldn't be overwhelmed by him.

We got home and I had Rachel let him out to sniff her. She told him right off the bat that she was the boss. Again, laughter. Cora had her first cycle at 8 months of age.

Our stud is MMR Diego and he's Tri-colored, black/white/tan. His dam is a Tri and his sire was a Sable.

Our dam is MMR Cora Mae and she's Red. Her dam is Red while her sire is Tri.

I have bred Yellow Labs and Border Collies, black/white and red/white. So, I'm not new to breeding dogs. This is not a puppy mill as the Corgi's are the only dogs that are bred and I only let them breed one time a year, in the fall so the litter has a good head start without the fleas, ticks or fire ants, if you have them.

This is how I do it and I was taught by a lady in VA that has bred, trained and showed Shelties for over 25 years. Thanks for your knowledge Linda.

When the mom goes into her breeding cycle she has her shots and wormed. With the supply of goat milk she will also get started on that if she isn't too chunky. Puppy food is a must for the growing pups inside her. As she starts to look pregnant, I will also feed her chicken broth, homemade, and rice with her dog food. As she gets closer to her delivery date she gets into the whelping box. I am with her as she whelps also.

The mom continues to get goat milk, rice and broth in her food after
whelping. She has to produce milk so eating right is the same as for a woman. When the pups are 2 weeks old they get wormed for the first time and I use Nemex II. No matter if the mom is wormed while pregnant or not, she will have worms and the pups have them when born. They are wormed again at 3, 4, 6 & 8 weeks of age. The first shot is given at 7 weeks and if I have any at 10 weeks they will get the second shot. I do keep a record of the wormings and shots so the new owners have a record to give their vet.

Usually at around 3 to 4 weeks of age mom will wean her pups. They will go onto the goat milk and canned puppy food to start with. As their needle like teeth come in I will start to change to hard puppy food but still put the goat milk in it to make it softer for them.

Now's the fun part. At 5 weeks of age I start to house break the pups. It is the most simplest thing to do. From the time they are born mom takes care of the cleaning up of the pups. When solid food is introduced to the pups mom stops her job and it becomes mine. Isn't that special? NOW, puppies WILL NOT relieve themselves where they eat or sleep. So, simple. In the whelping box they will crawl to the other side of the box to do it, then crawl back to their bothers and sisters to continue biting their ears. This is where I come into play. Keeping the box clean is a major thing. They have to want to stay clean. When they start eating food, within about 5 to 10 minutes later they will be needing to relieve themselves. SO, outside they go. I say, "Hurry up." When they have done what they were supposed to do I then say, "Good puppy.", always talking baby talk. This is repeated every time they go outside. This comes in very handy when the new owner wants to go to bed and the pup has to have that last time to go outside at night and it's cold and windy. Just say "Hurry up" and you will be stunned as to how they will get to it. Remember the "Good puppy" after.

As I love to train puppies, mine have also been taught some other things. For the one that is stubborn about house breaking then I will crate train, they all know what a crate is. It's the same concept, if they soil the crate one time they will never do it again unless you let them.

My pups also know some words before they go to their new homes. I start them on, "no bite", "come", "NO" and if the new owner has put a deposit down on a pup and has decided on a name, I will start using that name so they will know it when they go to the new home. If the new owner wants the pup to be exposed to goats then by all means I'll do that also. Most Corgi's are pets so I will by all means sell a puppy as a pet. When I bred the Border Collies I wouldn't sell any as a pet unless the owner had a BC before.

If you are looking for a registered(AKC) Welsh Corgi then by all means give me a call or e-mail me. I will keep up to date as Cora is bred and pups arrive.

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